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Wilson (Harold), The Governnance of Britain, signed presentation copy to Edmund de Rothschild with letter; together with twelve other presentation copies by Hammond Innes, Fitzroy Maclean and others. (13)
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Blanc (Louis), Histoire de la Revolution FrancaisE, 12 vols, full brown calf, spines decorated with floral emblems in gilt, Chez Langlois et Leclercq, 1847-70.
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Neale (J P), Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, first and second series, 11 vols, 726 plates bound in matching full blue morocco, all edges gilt, 1822-29.
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Molinier (Emile), Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIe et du XVIIIe Siecle, Musee de Louvre, folio, 100 plates, finely bound in full brown calf, sides and spines decorated in gilt by Leighton, Emile Levy, 1901.
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Frankau (Julia), Eighteenth Century Colour Prints: An Essay of Certain Stipple Engravers and Their Work in Colour, folio with 52 colour plates, limited to 200 copies, presentation copy to Alfred Rothschild, original cloth, Macmillan and Co., 1901.
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Williamson (George C), The History of Portrait Miniatures, 2 vols, original white cloth, limited to 250 copies, plates, George Bell and Sons, 1904.
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Lievre (Edouard), Musee Graphique Pour L'Etude de L'Art dans Toutes des Applications, Direction Des Musees Graphiques, 2 vols, finely bound in full red morocco, decorated in gilt, plates many in colour, leather presentation label from John Murray Scott, a very fine copy of this large work, Paris 1896.
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Montagu (John Scott), Cars and How to Drive Them, 2 vols, The Car Illustrated, 1903; together with Robinson (William), Gas and Petroleum Engines, 1903; and 6 others motoring.
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Die Koniglichen Gemaldesammlungen von Florenz, Die Meisterwerke de Akadamie der Uffizien und des Palazzo Pitti, 100 plates, large folio, finely bound, full red morocco, decorated in gilt, green label, numbered on spine 1, Berlin.
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Barges (J J L), and D B Goldberg, R Jehuda ben Koreisch Tiharetensis Africani, Epistola de Studii Targum Utilitate; with autograph letter from D B Goldberg, bound in full calf, Paris, 1857.
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Maxwell (Marius), Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, limited edition, one of 568 signed and numbered copies, folio, original cloth, Medici Society, 1924.
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The Bridgewater Treatises, 13 vols, first edition, finely bound in full brown tree calf, red and green labels, a scarce complete set of first editions in fine bindings including Babbage (Charles), A Fragment, William Pickering, 1833-7.
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Frankau (Julia), Eighteenth Century Artists and Engravers, William Ward ARA, James Ward RA, Their Lives and Works, large folio, very nicely bound in full dark blue morocco by Leighton, portfolio on plates, title, list of plates and 40 mezzotints and coloured stipple engravings, fine copy.
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Van Der Post (L), A Portrait of Japan, signed presentation copy to Edmund de Rothschild with eleven other presentation copies, many in Japanese.
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Dubois (Urbain) and Emile Bernard, La Cuisine Classique Etudes Pratiques, Raisonnees et Demonstratives de l'Ecole Francaise, Dixieme edition, 2 vols, 4to, original half morocco worn, plates, front cover of volume 1 defective, Paris, 1882.
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Newton (Henry), In Far New Guinea, original cloth, 1914; together with six other travel works. (7)
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Rousset (Camille), Histoire de Louvois et de son Administration Politique et Militaire, 4 vols, full brown calf, red and blue labels, marbled edges, 1863; together with ten other French works in bindings. (14)
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Whewell (William), The Pholosophy of the Inductive Sciences From the Earliest to the Present Times, new edition, 2 vols, full tree calf, green labels, marbled edges, 1847; together with 7 other bindings. (9)
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Brougham (Henry Lord), Speeches, finely bound in half brown calf, red and green labels for Sotherans, Edinburgh, 1838, 10 vols ob. W H Ainsworth in half red morocco marbled boards, 1855-8, 1 loose in binding; together with Maclise Portrait Gallery. (5)
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De Pauw (Cornelius), Recherches Philosophiques sur les Egyptiens et les Chinois, folding plate, 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf, Berlin, 1773.
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Ward (Humphrey) and W Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, 2 vols, copy 2 of 350 copies, original quarter calf, 1904; together with McKay (W) and W Roberts, John Hoppner, 1909; and Thomson (D C), The Landscapes of Corot, presentation copy to Alfred de Rothschild, half red morocco, 1914; and 2 others. (6)
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Hewlett (William Meyrick), Diary of the Siege of the Peking Legations, June to August 1900, quarter morocco 1900; together with Okuwa (Count), Fifty Years of New Japan, 2 vols, 1909; and Royle (J Forbes), Review of the Measures Which Have Been Adopted in India for the Improved Culture of Cotton, presentation copy to Lionel Rothschild from the author, quarter morocco, 1857. (4)
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Henry (B C), Ling-Nam Or Interior Views in Southern China, first edition, nice copy, 1896; together with Wilson (E H), China Mother of Gardens, signed by the author, Boston, 1929.
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Levi (David), Lingua Sacra, in three parts - Part 1 Hebrew Grammar, 2 Hebrew English Dictionary, 3 Contains all Words, privately printed, 1785.
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Lockhart (John Gibson), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., first edition, 7 vols, full brown calf, decorated in gilt, 1837-8; together with Hallam (Henry), Constitutional History of England, 3 vols, finely bound in full calf, marbled edges, 1854. (10)
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Foster (J J), British Miniature Painters and their Work, original cloth, limited to 425 copies, 1898; together with Pope-Hennessy (Una), Early Chinese Jades, Ernest Benn, 1923; and 3 others.
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Hertz (Dr J H), The Pentateuch and Haftorahs, 5 vols, good set in dustjackets, Oxford, 1929-36.
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Levi (D), Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament, 2 vols in 1, half blue morocco, printed for the author, 1817; together with five others. (6)
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Balfour (Hon J M), Recent Happenings in Persia, first edition, William Blackwood, 1922; together with 6 others. (7)
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Walpole (Horace), The Letters of Horace Walpole, edited by Peter Cunningham, 9 vols, finely bound in full brown calf, labels, marbled edges, little rubbing to the top of volume 4, 1880.
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Bacon (Francis), The Works, new edition, 10 vols, finely bound in full brown tree calf, floral emblems in gilt, green labels, fine set, 1826.
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Troki (Isaac Ben Abraham), Mocatta (Moses), Hizuk Emunah or Faith Strengthened, Translated from the Hebrew by Moses Mocatta, presentation copy from the translator to Baron Rothschild, privately printed 1851; together with seven other Jewish titles, six in German.
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Wouvermans (Philippe), Oeuvres de Phillippe Wouvermans, Hollandois, engraved title by Le Parmentier after J de la Joue, portrait by N Dupuis after C de Visscher, 76 of the first 80 plates (of 100), lacking plates 25, 41, 51 and 65, many plates folding, some mounted to size, finely bound in later full plum morocco, Paris, Chez Moyreau, 1737.
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Adler (Michael), Jews of Medieval England; together with thirteen others of Jewish interest, some presentation copies. (14)
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Archer (B U), The Book of Life (text in Hebrew and English), first edition, full black straight grained morocco, 1847; together with Kalisch (M M), A Historical and Critical Commentary on the Old Testament, Leviticus, text in English and Hebrew, 2 vols, contemporary diced calf, 1847; and 1 other. (5)
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Mogador (Celeste), Memoires de Celeste Mogador, 4 vols, finely bound in half blue morocco, Paris, 1858; together with eleven other finely bound French titles.
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Wiesener (L), Marie Stuart et le Comte de Bothwell, full brown calf, 1862; together with eleven other calf bound French titles. (11)
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Watteau (Jean Antoine), Oeuvres des Estampes Gravees d'apres les Tableaux et Desseins de feu Antione Watteau, Peintre Flamand, Quatrieme et Derniere Partie, large folio, title and 58 plates, finely bound in later full plum morocco, decorated in gilt, 1735.
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Cooper (James Fenimore), Works, 16 vols, Twentieth Century edition, original cloth, labels; together with Symonds (J A), Renaissance in Italy, 7 vols; Symonds (J A), Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, 3 vols, 1898. (26)
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Tocqueville (Alexis de), De La Democratie en Amerique, Quatrieme edition, map, 2 vols in 1, Libraire de Charles Gosselin, 1836, half red morocco; together with 8 others, French titles in bindings.
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Paris Inonde: la Crue de Janvier, 1910, 207 illus, 4to, rebound in cloth, Edition du Journal des Debats; together with Vizzola 1897-1947; and Grant (M H) Jan van Huysum, 1/500 copies, 1954; and Warner (R), Dutch and Flemish Fruit and Flower Painters, 1928; and 1 other. (5)
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Wellington (Evelyn), A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Sculptures at Apsley House, London, 2 vols, 4to, limited to 400 copies, original half vellum, 1901; and two others.
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Etheridge (Thomas), Works edited by A Wilson Verity, limited to 500 copies, full blue morocco by Leighton, 1888; together with Foote (Samuel), The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots, limited to 350 copies, full blue morocco by Leighton, 1889; and four other bindings. (6)
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Unger (William), Die Kaiseri Konigi Gemalde-Galerie in Wien Radirungen von William Unger, Hundert Kupfertafeln, large folio, finely bound in full blue morocco by Leighton, H O Miethke, Wien, 1886.
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Masterpieces of French Art in the XVIII Century, comprising twenty-seven photogravures reproduced directly from the original paintings in possession of HIM The German Emperor, Berlin, Photographic Company, large folio, finely bound in full blue morocco by Leighton, decorated in gilt, all edges gilt.
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Fontaine (Jean de la), Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vols in 1, 20 plates, 16 after Fragonard, large copy, later full red morocco, spine and edges decorated in gilt, edges gilt by Chambolle-Duru, 4to, de P Didot, Paris, 1795.
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Salvador (Joseph), Paris, Rome, Jerusalem ou La Question Religieuse au XIXe Siecle, 2 vols, full brown calf, red labels by Leighton, 1860.
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Rollin (M), The Ancient History Translated From the French, new edition, 6 vols, finely bound in full brown calf, green labels, marbled edges, 1839; together with Knight (Charles), Popular History of England, 8 vols, half brown calf, marbled boards and edges, circa 1860.
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Burke (Edmund), The Speeches of Edmund Burke in the House of Commons and Westminster Hall, 4 vols, first edition, finely bound in half brown calf, labels, 1816; together with 2 volumes of Gladstone Speeches in matching binding, 1879-80. (6)
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Hallam (Henry), Introduction to the Literature of Europe, first edition, 4 vols; together with another set, 3 vols, third edition, 1847; Constitutional History of England, 2 vols, fifth edition, 1846; and Russell, The History of Modern Europe, 4 vols, finely bound in full brown calf, brown and green label, marbled edges. (13)
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McCarthy (Justin) and Sir John R Robinson, The "Daily News" Jubilee, full morocco; together with twenty-six miscellaneous titles. (27)
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Gray (John), Lectures on the Nature and Use of Money, first edition, presentation copy to Baron Lionel de Rothschild, finely bound in full brown calf, decorated in gilt by Leighton; together with Beutsch (Henry), Arbitrage in Bullion Coins, Bills, Stocks, Shares and Options, 1904; and Indian Currency Committee, Minutes of Evidence to Inquire into the Indian Currency, half morocco, 1893.
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Errera (Leo), The Russian Jews, Extermination and Emancipation?, 1894; together with eleven others of Jewish interest. (12)
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Stockdale (F W L), Excursions in the County of Cornwall, with map and plates, half morocco, 1824; together with six others on topography.
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Farrer (Reginald), The Rainbow Bridge, first edition, original cloth, 1921; together with The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London, volumes 1 and 2, 8 hand coloured plates, half calf, lacks 2 labels, 1846-7; and with 4 others Natural History.
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Smith (Adam), An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, with a life of the author, an introductory discourse, notes and supplementary dissertations by J R McCulloch, first McCulloch edition, 4 vols, 19th century full calf, labels, 1828.
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Prescott (William H), Works, 12 vols, finely bound in full brown calf, red and green labels, marbled edges, 1879. (12)
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Arthur (Captain Sir George), The Story of the Household Cavalry, vol I and vol 2 (a third volume was published 17 years later), large paper copy, original half red morocco, 1909.
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Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1937, 11 vols, obl 8vo, original green cloth, fine copies with the stamp of Lionel de Rothschild. (11)
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Handbook of the 40-50 HP Rolls-Royce Car (Phantom III) with Instructions Book for the 16/22 hp Napier Cars type 64; and 6 other motoring.
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